(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 30) Siltʼe Zone, Ethiopia
Height
171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight
60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country
Ethiopia
Sport
Athletics
Event
Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2016 5000 m, DQ (4th)
World finals
2013 5000 m, 7th 2015 10,000 m, 10th 2017 5000 m, Gold 2019 5000 m, Gold
Personal bests
3000 m: 7:32.31[2] (Paris 2017)
5000 m: 12:54.83[2] (Stockholm 2014)
10,000 m: 27:17.18[2] (Hengelo 2015)
Medal record
World Championships
2017 London
5000 m
2019 Doha
5000 m
World Cross Country Championships
2013 Bydgoszcz
Team
2015 Guiyang
Team
2013 Bydgoszcz
Junior race
2015 Guiyang
Senior race
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona
5000 m
Muktar Edris (born 14 January 1994) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country races.
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MuktarEdris (born 14 January 1994) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country races. Muktar made his first...
final championship track race, when he finished second to Ethiopia's MuktarEdris in the 2017 5,000 metres final. On the track, Farah mostly competed over...
first athlete to win the title twice in 1993 and 1995, and Ethiopia's MuktarEdris the third between 2017 and 2019. Romania's Gabriela Szabo won the title...
Ethiopians narrowly take the team title on equal points with Kenya (MuktarEdris, Hagos Gebrhiwet and Atsedu Tsegay were the other point-scoring team...
Osman finished second with 42:34 and the 2017 5000 m world champion MuktarEdris placed third with 42:56. On 19 February 2022, the record was broken by...
records in Ras Al Khaimah". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2022. "MuktarEdris 2021 Valencia Half Marathon Result". valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 24...
12 13:07 Telahun Haile Bekele Ethiopia 19 March 2023 Lille 13 13:09 MuktarEdris Ethiopia 12 September 2021 Adizero: Road to Records Herzogenaurach 14...
American tennis player January 12 – Emre Can, German footballer January 14 MuktarEdris, Ethiopian long-distance runner Kai, South Korean singer January 17 –...
other athletes have won the 5000 m championship twice: Ismael Kirui, MuktarEdris and Jakob Ingebrigtsen on the men's side, and Gabriela Szabo, Tirunesh...
5000 m final in a time of 13:35.34; the race was won by his compatriot MuktarEdris. In 2018, Selemon placed second over the 3,000 m at the World Indoor...
finished 12th in a time of 13:43.25; the race was won by Ethiopia's MuktarEdris. Birhanu won two more 5000m before his final competition of the year...
removed from the results, along with Canadian Mohammed Ahmed and Ethiopian MuktarEdris. Chelimo had exchanged elbows with both of them during the final turn...
world under-20 record of 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in). Sprint finishes from MuktarEdris and Selemon Barega made it an Ethiopian 1–2 in the men's 5000 metres...
record of 3:56.41 in the 1500 m. Other world leads on the track came from MuktarEdris (men's 5000 m), Asbel Kiprop (men's mile), Tori Bowie (women's 200 m)...